Isaac was the youngest son of Michael and Cornelia (VAN NESS) VanDerCook of Essex and Morris counties, NJ and The Town of Schagticoke, Albany (now Rensselaer) Co., NY. In May of 1762, Michael, Cornelia and their eight surviving children migated from New Jersey to a large patent of land in what was then the Town of Schagticoke, Albany Co., NY but is now part of the Town of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., NY. Michael was a successful miller...a few remnants of his gristmill can be seen beneath the waters of Deepe Kill, a stream that runs through what was once the VanDerCook Patent.
When the American Revolution began to take shape, the VanDerCooks all declared themselves patriots.Michael Sr.'s five sons joined various militia groups that were forming throught the area. Michael VanDerCook, Sr., by then in his fifties, and considered to be too old to fight, became a member of the Schagticoke Committee of Correspondence.
Isaac VanDerCook served as a private in the 14th Regiment of Albany County Militia in the Revolutionary War. (He is listed as Isaac Van Derhook in Roberts' NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE.) His pension record can be ordered from the National Archives; the number is S.29520. There is some disparity in his birthdate. His father's family birth record, kept on the back of an old Heidelburgh Catechism that still exists, indicates that Isaac was born on 6 July, 1756. Isaac himself, on his pension application, gives his birthdate as 29 August, 1756. It is suspected by the compiler that this latter date may have marked his baptism...for which there apparently is no record extant.
Isaac VanDerCook married 1. Sarah TEACHOUT (1755-1827) on 5 March, 1778 in New York. They had six known children: Catherine VanDerCook (1779-?, married Roswell GAY, nine children), Michael VanDerCook (1781-1872, married 1. Serviah LAWRENCE, ten children, married 2. Mary "Polly" WILLARD, no issue), Elizabeth VanDerCook (1783-1847, married Asher MERRILL, eleven children), William VanDerCook (1786-1864, married Elizabeth "Betsey" FISHER, twelve children), Cornelia VanDerCook (1787-1820, married Edward John Fisher, one child) and Leventje VanDerCook (1798-no further record, probably died young).
Sarah Teachout VanDerCook died in NY on 18 October, 1827 at the age of 72. Isaac married for a second time but the name of this wife is not currently known.
It should also be noted that Isaac must have had a rather itchy foot; his Revolutionary War pension file indicates that he lived in quite a number of different places in New York State before coming to live with his son in Monroe County, Michigan. They include: Johnstown, Herkimer Co., NY; Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY; Phelps, Ontario Co., NY; Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY and Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY. He finally settled with several of his children and grandchildren in Monroe Co., Michigan in 1835. (This is according to his Revolutionary War Pension Record.) He died in Monroe Co. on 25 September, 1838 at the age of 82, His burial site has never been located.
When the American Revolution began to take shape, the VanDerCooks all declared themselves patriots.Michael Sr.'s five sons joined various militia groups that were forming throught the area. Michael VanDerCook, Sr., by then in his fifties, and considered to be too old to fight, became a member of the Schagticoke Committee of Correspondence.
Isaac VanDerCook served as a private in the 14th Regiment of Albany County Militia in the Revolutionary War. (He is listed as Isaac Van Derhook in Roberts' NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE.) His pension record can be ordered from the National Archives; the number is S.29520. There is some disparity in his birthdate. His father's family birth record, kept on the back of an old Heidelburgh Catechism that still exists, indicates that Isaac was born on 6 July, 1756. Isaac himself, on his pension application, gives his birthdate as 29 August, 1756. It is suspected by the compiler that this latter date may have marked his baptism...for which there apparently is no record extant.
Isaac VanDerCook married 1. Sarah TEACHOUT (1755-1827) on 5 March, 1778 in New York. They had six known children: Catherine VanDerCook (1779-?, married Roswell GAY, nine children), Michael VanDerCook (1781-1872, married 1. Serviah LAWRENCE, ten children, married 2. Mary "Polly" WILLARD, no issue), Elizabeth VanDerCook (1783-1847, married Asher MERRILL, eleven children), William VanDerCook (1786-1864, married Elizabeth "Betsey" FISHER, twelve children), Cornelia VanDerCook (1787-1820, married Edward John Fisher, one child) and Leventje VanDerCook (1798-no further record, probably died young).
Sarah Teachout VanDerCook died in NY on 18 October, 1827 at the age of 72. Isaac married for a second time but the name of this wife is not currently known.
It should also be noted that Isaac must have had a rather itchy foot; his Revolutionary War pension file indicates that he lived in quite a number of different places in New York State before coming to live with his son in Monroe County, Michigan. They include: Johnstown, Herkimer Co., NY; Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY; Phelps, Ontario Co., NY; Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY and Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY. He finally settled with several of his children and grandchildren in Monroe Co., Michigan in 1835. (This is according to his Revolutionary War Pension Record.) He died in Monroe Co. on 25 September, 1838 at the age of 82, His burial site has never been located.
Isaac was the youngest son of Michael and Cornelia (VAN NESS) VanDerCook of Essex and Morris counties, NJ and The Town of Schagticoke, Albany (now Rensselaer) Co., NY. In May of 1762, Michael, Cornelia and their eight surviving children migated from New Jersey to a large patent of land in what was then the Town of Schagticoke, Albany Co., NY but is now part of the Town of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., NY. Michael was a successful miller...a few remnants of his gristmill can be seen beneath the waters of Deepe Kill, a stream that runs through what was once the VanDerCook Patent.
When the American Revolution began to take shape, the VanDerCooks all declared themselves patriots.Michael Sr.'s five sons joined various militia groups that were forming throught the area. Michael VanDerCook, Sr., by then in his fifties, and considered to be too old to fight, became a member of the Schagticoke Committee of Correspondence.
Isaac VanDerCook served as a private in the 14th Regiment of Albany County Militia in the Revolutionary War. (He is listed as Isaac Van Derhook in Roberts' NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE.) His pension record can be ordered from the National Archives; the number is S.29520. There is some disparity in his birthdate. His father's family birth record, kept on the back of an old Heidelburgh Catechism that still exists, indicates that Isaac was born on 6 July, 1756. Isaac himself, on his pension application, gives his birthdate as 29 August, 1756. It is suspected by the compiler that this latter date may have marked his baptism...for which there apparently is no record extant.
Isaac VanDerCook married 1. Sarah TEACHOUT (1755-1827) on 5 March, 1778 in New York. They had six known children: Catherine VanDerCook (1779-?, married Roswell GAY, nine children), Michael VanDerCook (1781-1872, married 1. Serviah LAWRENCE, ten children, married 2. Mary "Polly" WILLARD, no issue), Elizabeth VanDerCook (1783-1847, married Asher MERRILL, eleven children), William VanDerCook (1786-1864, married Elizabeth "Betsey" FISHER, twelve children), Cornelia VanDerCook (1787-1820, married Edward John Fisher, one child) and Leventje VanDerCook (1798-no further record, probably died young).
Sarah Teachout VanDerCook died in NY on 18 October, 1827 at the age of 72. Isaac married for a second time but the name of this wife is not currently known.
It should also be noted that Isaac must have had a rather itchy foot; his Revolutionary War pension file indicates that he lived in quite a number of different places in New York State before coming to live with his son in Monroe County, Michigan. They include: Johnstown, Herkimer Co., NY; Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY; Phelps, Ontario Co., NY; Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY and Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY. He finally settled with several of his children and grandchildren in Monroe Co., Michigan in 1835. (This is according to his Revolutionary War Pension Record.) He died in Monroe Co. on 25 September, 1838 at the age of 82, His burial site has never been located.
When the American Revolution began to take shape, the VanDerCooks all declared themselves patriots.Michael Sr.'s five sons joined various militia groups that were forming throught the area. Michael VanDerCook, Sr., by then in his fifties, and considered to be too old to fight, became a member of the Schagticoke Committee of Correspondence.
Isaac VanDerCook served as a private in the 14th Regiment of Albany County Militia in the Revolutionary War. (He is listed as Isaac Van Derhook in Roberts' NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE.) His pension record can be ordered from the National Archives; the number is S.29520. There is some disparity in his birthdate. His father's family birth record, kept on the back of an old Heidelburgh Catechism that still exists, indicates that Isaac was born on 6 July, 1756. Isaac himself, on his pension application, gives his birthdate as 29 August, 1756. It is suspected by the compiler that this latter date may have marked his baptism...for which there apparently is no record extant.
Isaac VanDerCook married 1. Sarah TEACHOUT (1755-1827) on 5 March, 1778 in New York. They had six known children: Catherine VanDerCook (1779-?, married Roswell GAY, nine children), Michael VanDerCook (1781-1872, married 1. Serviah LAWRENCE, ten children, married 2. Mary "Polly" WILLARD, no issue), Elizabeth VanDerCook (1783-1847, married Asher MERRILL, eleven children), William VanDerCook (1786-1864, married Elizabeth "Betsey" FISHER, twelve children), Cornelia VanDerCook (1787-1820, married Edward John Fisher, one child) and Leventje VanDerCook (1798-no further record, probably died young).
Sarah Teachout VanDerCook died in NY on 18 October, 1827 at the age of 72. Isaac married for a second time but the name of this wife is not currently known.
It should also be noted that Isaac must have had a rather itchy foot; his Revolutionary War pension file indicates that he lived in quite a number of different places in New York State before coming to live with his son in Monroe County, Michigan. They include: Johnstown, Herkimer Co., NY; Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY; Phelps, Ontario Co., NY; Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY and Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY. He finally settled with several of his children and grandchildren in Monroe Co., Michigan in 1835. (This is according to his Revolutionary War Pension Record.) He died in Monroe Co. on 25 September, 1838 at the age of 82, His burial site has never been located.
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